Soil-receptacle for water-closets.



3. PETER.

SOIL RECEPTACLE FOR WATER CLOSETS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 8| I915.

Patented June 8, 1915.

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SOIL-RECEPTACLE FOR VTATER-CLOSETS.

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Application filed March 8, 1915.

To all to]: am it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN PETER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Soil-Receptacles for VVater-Closets, and have described the same in the following specification, illustrated by the accompanying draw- IIl S.

Ilfy invention relates to that class of soil receptacles which are adapted to be used in connection with water closets located in railway cars.

It is the object of the invention to obviate all need of keeping the closet inaccessible or disused at stations, or during stops; to promote thereby the health and convenience of passengers; to control the discharge of the soil from the car; and in general to produce a superior receptacle of the specified class. To accomplish these results I incorporate in my invention as parts thereof a bucket which is removably pivoted under the bowl of the closet, and means for heating and tilting the bucket.

In said drawings, illustrating the best manner in which I have contemplated applying the principles of the invention, Fig- I ure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a railway passenger car having duplicate closets supplied with soil receptacles which are constructed and applied in accordance with these principles. Fig. 2 is a partial end elevation of the same car. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the bucket and its supports. Fig. 4: is a side elevation of the same with attachments.

In the illustrated specimen of my invention, the bucket is a rectangular box 1, open at the top and provided with the lateral overflow openings 2. The frame 3, provided for the support of the bucket, is a skeletonized cylinder comprising the parallel metallic disks, or-heads, which are denoted by the same numeral 3, and are spaced apart and connected rigidly together by the horizontal rods 4 perforating each disk. The alining peripheral. ears 5 of these disks are likewise connected by the rod 6, carrying the central ring 7 for attachment of the chain 8. The heads 3 have the short central hubs 9, whereby the frame is mounted on the alining pivot pins 10 projecting toward each other from the parallel branches 11 of the'bifur- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 8, 1915.

Serial No. 12,867.

cated supporting arm or bracket 12. By the broad eye 13 in the proximal end of this bracket, and by the vertical pin 14 working in the eye, the bracket is pivoted to and under the car floor 15. Between the heads 3 the bucket is normally held in position by and between the rods 4, which are located at opposite sides of the bucket, and by and between the screws 16 and the pins 17; these screws projecting through the heads just above the bucket, and these pins being carried by the leaf springs 18 and working through the opposite heads respectively just below the bucket. The stationary pipe 19, which is connected with a boiler not shown, and is providedwith a throttle valve 20, has the nozzle 21, which is adapted to discharge steam near and toward the bucket in cold weather to prevent freezing.

Operatively the bracket 12 is swung pivotally by hand so as to bring the receptacle to a position under the bowl 22, as shown in Fig. 2 and at the left in Fig. 1. In that position it is stopped by the stop pin 23 and held by the tension spring 24, which is hooked into the eye 25 for that purpose. The chain 8 being relaxed, the frame 3, which is weighted by the ears and rods 5 and 6, is then held in equilibrium by gravity in the pivotal position shown in full lines in Fig. 4:, while the bucket stands upright therein upon the pins 17. To discharge the contents of the bucket, pull the chain 8 upward and thereby tip the frame 3 on its pivot 10 to the tilted position shown in dotted lines in the same figure. To remove the bucket from the frame 3 for cleansing or other purposes, retract by hand the supporting pins 17 by bending outward the leaf springs 18. To remove the frame and the bucket from the described operative position for any purpose, detach the spring 24: and the chain 8, and swing the bracket 12 on its pivot to the position shown at the right in Fig. 1.

I claim as my invention:

1. A soil receptacle of the specified class, comprising a bifurcated bracket pivoted to swing about a vertical axis under the car, a frame pivoted to turn about a horizontal axis between the arms of the bracket, a bucket seated normally upright in the frame, and means for tilting the frame pivotally to empty the bucket.

2. A soil receptacle of the specified class, comprising a bifurcated bracket pivoted about a vertical axis under the car, means for holding the bracket in a predetermined pivotal position, a frame pivoted about a horizontal axis between the arms of the bracket, and normally occupying a predetermined pivotal position, a bucket seated upright in the frame in that position, and means for tilting the frame pivotally to empty the bucket.

3. A soil receptacle of the specified class, comprising a pivotally adjustable bracket, means for holding the bracket elastically in a predetermined pivotal position, a frame pivoted in the bracket and balanced pivotally in a predetermined position, a bucket removably seated in the frame, and standing right side up when the frame is in that position, and means for tipping the frame pivotally to empty the bucket.

4. A soil receptacle of the specified class, comprising a bifurcated bracket pivoted to swing about a vertical axis under the car,

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STEPHEN PETER.

Witnesses:

WILLARD EDDY, V MARION E. MOCAFFREY.

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Washington, D. G. 

